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REFLECTING ON TWITTER: A PROTOTYPE FOR HYPERMODERN SOCIETY

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REFLECTING ON TWITTER: A PROTOTYPE FOR HYPERMODERN SOCIETY

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Social scientists have been discussing the advent of an “information society”, as information technologies have started to dominate social life since at least the 1970s. The most important infrastructural element of this information society is the internet which enables dissemination of information in a very efficient and effective way, independent from the physical proximity between two networked computers. The internet is non-hierarchical (horizontal) in the sense that it does not have an ultimate power center which determines the structure of the networks and the contents that flow within and between networks. The formation of the networks and the content of information disseminated through them are shaped by the users. Hence, the interplay between internet and individuals is bidirectional; individuals structure the networks and the structure of networks, in turn, shapes the perception of individuals regarding self, community, and time. This paper analyzes how and why people use Twitter—both a social networking site and a micro-blogger; to what extent Twitter use reflect the constituting principles of contemporary society such as conception of time and how it may affect our notion of community and social relations. It argues that Twitter represents a replica of hypermodern society with the apprehension of time streaming embedded in its use, clustering of users around personal and professional communities and centers and the strategies that users develop in order to deal with the complexity of online hypermodernity. Twitter, and social network sites in general, are structured by the values and conceptions of the contemporary society and we need to consider them within a greater zeitgeist. The main function of these services is to reinforce and enhance the conceptions and experience of hypermodernity and to increase the rate of social change further.

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Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

31 Aralık 2022

Gönderilme Tarihi

7 Ekim 2022

Kabul Tarihi

11 Aralık 2022

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2022 Cilt: 6 Sayı: 4

Kaynak Göster

APA
Köseoğlu, T. (2022). REFLECTING ON TWITTER: A PROTOTYPE FOR HYPERMODERN SOCIETY. Uluslararası Anadolu Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 6(4), 1386-1394. https://doi.org/10.47525/ulasbid.1185829
AMA
1.Köseoğlu T. REFLECTING ON TWITTER: A PROTOTYPE FOR HYPERMODERN SOCIETY. UASBD. 2022;6(4):1386-1394. doi:10.47525/ulasbid.1185829
Chicago
Köseoğlu, Talha. 2022. “REFLECTING ON TWITTER: A PROTOTYPE FOR HYPERMODERN SOCIETY”. Uluslararası Anadolu Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 6 (4): 1386-94. https://doi.org/10.47525/ulasbid.1185829.
EndNote
Köseoğlu T (01 Aralık 2022) REFLECTING ON TWITTER: A PROTOTYPE FOR HYPERMODERN SOCIETY. Uluslararası Anadolu Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 6 4 1386–1394.
IEEE
[1]T. Köseoğlu, “REFLECTING ON TWITTER: A PROTOTYPE FOR HYPERMODERN SOCIETY”, UASBD, c. 6, sy 4, ss. 1386–1394, Ara. 2022, doi: 10.47525/ulasbid.1185829.
ISNAD
Köseoğlu, Talha. “REFLECTING ON TWITTER: A PROTOTYPE FOR HYPERMODERN SOCIETY”. Uluslararası Anadolu Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 6/4 (01 Aralık 2022): 1386-1394. https://doi.org/10.47525/ulasbid.1185829.
JAMA
1.Köseoğlu T. REFLECTING ON TWITTER: A PROTOTYPE FOR HYPERMODERN SOCIETY. UASBD. 2022;6:1386–1394.
MLA
Köseoğlu, Talha. “REFLECTING ON TWITTER: A PROTOTYPE FOR HYPERMODERN SOCIETY”. Uluslararası Anadolu Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, c. 6, sy 4, Aralık 2022, ss. 1386-94, doi:10.47525/ulasbid.1185829.
Vancouver
1.Talha Köseoğlu. REFLECTING ON TWITTER: A PROTOTYPE FOR HYPERMODERN SOCIETY. UASBD. 01 Aralık 2022;6(4):1386-94. doi:10.47525/ulasbid.1185829

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